Deliverance 7/23/15

Day 202 - Reading the New Testament in one year.

https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/mclean/niv/Acts.23

Acts 23:16-35

16 But when the son of Paul’s sister heard of this plot, he went into the barracks and told Paul.

17 Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him.” 18 So he took him to the commander.

The centurion said, “Paul, the prisoner, sent for me and asked me to bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you.”

19 The commander took the young man by the hand, drew him aside and asked, “What is it you want to tell me?”

20 He said: “Some Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul before the Sanhedrintomorrow on the pretext of wanting more accurate information about him. 21 Don’t give in to them, because more than forty of them are waiting in ambush for him. They have taken an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him. They are ready now, waiting for your consent to their request.”

22 The commander dismissed the young man with this warning: “Don’t tell anyone that you have reported this to me.”

Paul Transferred to Caesarea

23 Then he called two of his centurions and ordered them, “Get ready a detachment of two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen[b] to go to Caesarea at nine tonight. 24 Provide horses for Paul so that he may be taken safely to Governor Felix.”

25 He wrote a letter as follows:

26 Claudius Lysias,

To His Excellency, Governor Felix:

Greetings.

27 This man was seized by the Jews and they were about to kill him, but I came with my troops and rescued him, for I had learned that he is a Roman citizen. 28 I wanted to know why they were accusing him, so I brought him to their Sanhedrin. 29 I found that the accusation had to do with questions about their law, but there was no charge against him that deserved death or imprisonment. 30 When I was informed of a plot to be carried out against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also ordered his accusers to present to you their case against him.

31 So the soldiers, carrying out their orders, took Paul with them during the night and brought him as far as Antipatris. 32 The next day they let the cavalry go on with him, while they returned to the barracks. 33 When the cavalry arrived in Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and handed Paul over to him. 34 The governor read the letter and asked what province he was from. Learning that he was from Cilicia, 35 he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers get here.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guardin Herod’s palace.

Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman

July 23rd

Relationships in God's love

"Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there." Psalm 139:7- 8

The nature, or essence, of God's love includes His choice and His plan. Because He chose us, He set His love upon us. This is beyond our comprehension. We have become the objects of His love and can only say with David, "Where can I flee from Your presence?" We cannot get away from God's love. It will find us out. It is the greatest hound that you will ever meet up with. Just as the police dogs sniff out hidden things, God's love will sniff us out. Regardless of where we are, even if we are buried under sin and condemnation, the love of God will come and find us there, because we are the objects of that love.

Brothers and sisters, this is the love of God toward us. And this is the same love we bear toward one another. This is the love in the church. We are not together because we each decided to join a group. We have assembled together with others of His chosen ones. We are with others who have a destiny over their life to be conformed to the image of God's Son. Who are we to receive or reject a member of the Body of Christ based on our little rules? If a person has been born again, he is loved by the Lord. He is God's choice, and he is also one over whom God's plan is being worked out. Thus, our part is only to acknowledge what God has done and receive him whom Christ has received. We are to "receive one another, just as Christ also received us, to the glory of God" (Rom. 15:7).

The love that chose me, predestined me, and reconciled me is the same love in our relationships with one another. So our relationships with one another have their source in eternity. It is not accidental that we are together. We are related to one another and we know one another as brothers and sisters. Our relatedness is based upon God's choice and His plan in eternity. Now, in time, we are with one another, regardless of our condition, our background, our race-- whatever. All those things mean nothing. God's love has been set over all of us; and now that love has been poured out in our heart, so we can simply let it flow toward one another

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